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OTTO WHITE, OF KELLOGG, IDAHO.

NAIL.

Application filed December 20, 1915.

T 0 all whom 25 may concern:

Be it known that I. OTTO \VHITE. a citizen of the United States. and a resident of Kellogg, in the county of Shoshone and State of Idaho, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Xails, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention is an, improvement in nails, ofthe character used in boots and shoes, and the'invention has for itsohiect to provide a nail of the character specified in the form of a bar adapted to be countersunk or partly countersunk into the material of the outer sole and having at each end a calk extending beyond the outer face of the outer sole and having near each end on the opposite face a pointed spur or lug for piercing the sole of the shoe and for clenching on the inner face of the sole to bind the parts together.

' In the drawingsz-Figure 1 is a perspective "iew of a shoe provided with the nails. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section of the sole at one of the nails. Fig. is a perspective view of a nail looking from above. Fig. -l is a "iew similar to Fig. 2 of a construction adapted for lighter weight shoes. and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the nail shown in Fig. 3 in IQX'GISQ position.

The embodimentof the invention shown in Figs. 2 and 3 is shown in connection with the sole of a shoe, the nails being utilized to connect the upper 1 of the shoe to the insole 2 and the outsole 3. and the nails are preferably arranged from the heel 1 on each side of the shoe, that is. from one side of the heel around the edge of. the sole to the other side of the'heel. Each nail as shown in Fig. 3, comprises a bar 5 having at each end a spur or calk 6. thespurs or calks extending in the same direction from'the bar, and it will be noticed that each of the spurs or calks is rounded and pointed to' insure a firm grip on the supporting surface for the shoe. In addition to the spurs or calks 6, the bar 5 has two pointed spurs or lugs 7, extending in the opposite direction from the calks 6. and these lugs or spurs 7 taper more gradually to a point than the calks 6, and the said spurs or lugs are of greater length than the calks. The calks 6 are at the ends of the bar, while the spurs or lugs 8 are spaced inwardly sl ghtly from the ends of the bar, and the bar 1s cut away at each end on the face adjacent to the spurs or lugs 7 to form a. shoulder 8 between each Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 27, 1916.

Serial No. 67,899.

spur T and the adjacent endof the bar, the said shoulders being in the same plane as shown in Fig. 2. r

In use when the edge of the upper 1 has been lnserted between the insole 2 and the outsole 3 the nails are driven through the soles and the upper and are clenched on theupper face of the insole 2 as indicated at 9 1n Fig. 3. That portion of the bar between the calks 6 affords a driving surface for striking with a hammer or other tool to force the spurs 7 through the material of the insole. outsole and upper and when the points of the spurs 7 are clenched as shown, the nail is held firmly in position and could not become displaced.

In the form shown in Figs. 2 and 3 the bar is forced into the material of the outsole as shown, until the outer face of the bar 5 is flush with the outer face of the outsole. 'hen so arranged the shoulders 8 engage the sole to assist that face of the bar between the spurs T in resisting the further entrance of the bar 5.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 4: and 5 the nail consists of abar 10. having at each end on one face a calk 1'1, and neareach end on the other face a pointedspur or lug 12. In this constructionthe calks 11 are sharper than the calks 6 of the construction of Fig. 2, and the calks 11 are spaced inwardly a little from the ends of the bar.

In Figs. 2 and 3 the calks are at the ends of the bars while in Figs. 4 and 5 there is a plane surface 13 between each calk and the end of the bars The upper face of the bar at the outer side of each spur or lug 12 is cut away as indicated atdi in the same manner as the bar 5 is cut away at 8 in Fig. 2. After the upper 15 has been placed between the insole 16 and the outsole 17 the spurs or lugs 12 are driventhrough the soles and clenched as shown at 17 on the upper face of the insole.

It will be obviou that if more than one row of nails is desired another row may be arranged outside of the row shown in Fig. 1, the outer row or series of nails being clenched outside of t e upper on the upper face of the outsole. With extended soles the nails could be very easily connected with the extension of the sole. It is obvious also that the nails might be connected with the outermost layer of the sole and clenched on this sole before the sole is placed on the shoe.

Since however, ehe'neils serve as ii holding ,means in 'cenneeting the upper w rfihesoles I end for connectmg the preferable td arrange them .a's.- shown in Figs. '2 end i'. I nails are of, steel or like hard material so i that they willnot easily" weerewe-y"but"the lugs 7 and 12 are (if malieabie erscift mete v rial, so that; theymay bebenbte-eleneh Withnails would necessarily be per and inner and the out. soles,

the upper being lnserted between the soles,

out breaking.

- Particular attentien is called- ,to the fact.

that the nails cannot kick out. I

is but one outelf' sale, that is, one layeraef leather in the outer sole a pound of hob them ciose enoughso that they. would not ou t when nailed wiighthe 01d style of 1. In a shoe, the combination with I the edge of and means for securing the soles to the upper, sald means compnsmg na11s,=eachcon.- slstlng of a, bar having at face a laterally extending call; ami having near each end on. the Opposite face a latera Hy extending peinted spur or lug, said spurs or lugs being-spaced inwardly'from the ends of the bar and the smd bar bemg cut; away outside of each of the said spurs 01 lugs be prosolestogether it Iis I I I jecent to the The'bar amd,'theic aiks of the sineeithere' the bar being'cut I "'toflp'ro'vide a shoulder putin. to make each end on one 'iide' shoulders-e1; theieniisjof the bar in at!!! same plane, the to be clenched w thithe face ealks .finsh with prising 0'; bar having et eachenjof one {m .a laterallyextending e'alkkend' having near each end en' the opposite face fa; laterally extending pointed spui' or 111g, Said 7 spurs heing spa cedinwardly from-the ends 0% the' bar and out ofehnement-wit'h ihe'ee1ks,;end

at the saideml efih'e' bar, said-shoulders being I and the spurs being adapted ta be cienched to held-the nail in place. I 3 A hail of the character 'specified, 1c0mprising a 'bar having" on one facelafierzilly extendlng calks and having near each endon theopposite face a lateraliyextending'peine edspur or lug, said spnrs-heing spacexi i n weirdly from the ends of timber and 'eut f aiiuement "with fake. Calls, the spurs adapted to be clenched-t0 held the. nail in place. Y I

01 m WHITE-i Witnesses I JfJo'Nes, I CHAS. WEIGANDI.

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